Announcements

Fragomen, the world’s leading provider of immigration services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Caitlin Miner-Le Grand as the firm’s latest “Fragomen Fellow” effective September 25, 2017. The Fragomen Fellowship, established more than a decade ago, is a two-year rotating position the firm’s New York office...

Jones Day has announced that Benjamin Mizer and Shirlethia Franklin, both formerly of the U.S. Department of Justice, have joined the global law firm in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mizer joins the Issues & Appeals Practice as a partner, while Ms. Franklin joins the Firm as of counsel in its Business & Tort Litigation...

By David Kleppinger, Chairman of McNees Wallace & Nurick
With 135 top-tier lawyers and 275 staff members, the law firm of McNees Wallace and Nurick is similar to any large business, but with one significant difference.
Unlike any other company, all of our shareholders live in the same firm with the chairman, and a large majority of them in the same...

Last weekend, Sheppard Mullin partner Peter Carson was elected President of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers at its annual Meeting in Montreal. The College, an honorary professional association of over 300 distinguished practitioners, jurists and academics, promotes the field of commercial finance law, including through...

Edmond M. Ianni was appointed general counsel of venture capital and private equity firm Ben Franklin Technology Partners. A former Chairman of the Delaware State Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section and its International Law Section, Ed has served as Chief Strategy Officer of Millennium, Director of Strategic Development for Delaware and in-...

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) announced that it has changed the chapter’s name to the Association of Corporate Counsel - New York City (ACC-NYC). The name change reflects the chapter’s representation of in-house counsel members in the five boroughs of New York City as well as Long Island.
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Houston attorneys will promote access to justice for all Houstonians during National Pro Bono Week, October 25-31, with free legal advice clinics and other programs for those facing legal problems but who cannot afford to hire an attorney. “While we are committed to providing pro bono services throughout the year, during Pro Bono Week, we have stepped...

Complying with privacy, cybersecurity and corruption laws top the list of challenges for in-house lawyers both within and outside their jurisdictions, according to the 2015 ACC Global Census Report, published on October 12 by the Association of Corporate Counsel, a global legal association representing more than 40,000 in-house counsel in 85...

Wolters Kluwer has announced its acquisition of Effacts, a move that will bring a legal management software solution to small and mid-sized legal departments, so they can:
Take control of corporate and legal risks: Effacts provides a framework that houses all legal information, including contracts, legal entities, compliance information and cases –...

The National Association of Corporate Directors(NACD), the advocate for the profession of directorship, announced on October 5 the release of its 2015–2016 NACD Public Company Governance Survey, which compiles benchmarking data on governance trends and practices from more than 1,000 public company corporate directors and governance professionals...

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the advocate for the profession of directorship, has released the Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Board and Long-Term Value Creation.
Board members have a fundamental responsibility to help management navigate a complex environment without allowing near-term...

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has announced the names of 54 corporate directors who earned the NACD Fellowship credential during the second quarter (Q2) of 2015.
NACD Fellowship, the definitive director credential, is a comprehensive program of study developed to educate directors about perennial and emerging boardroom issues and...

Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) has announced that it has named Jay B. Stephens as chairman of its Legal Policy Advisory Board. Mr. Stephens succeeds The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, who served as chairman for 18 years. Mr. Stephens recently retired from Raytheon Company after serving for nearly 13 years as a member of the company’s senior leadership...

Plaintiffs brought 85 new federal class action securities cases in the first half of 2015, according to Securities Class Action Filings—2015 Midyear Assessment, a report compiled by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. This represents a decrease from the second half of 2014, when plaintiffs filed 92...

Paulette Brown, a labor and employment law partner and co-chair of the firmwide Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Locke Lord LLP in Morristown, New Jersey, took office today as president of the American Bar Association at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago. She is the first woman of color to become president of the 136-year-old...

From 2013 to 2014, the major U.S. natural gas exchanges experienced double-digit reductions in the number of contracts traded, according to a new report published by Cornerstone Research. The report, Characteristics of U.S. Natural Gas Transactions—Insights from FERC Form 552 Submissions as of May 16, 2015, shows that Intercontinental Exchange...

The National Association of Women Lawyers® (NAWL) will host its Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt New York – a new venue for 2015. NAWL welcomes all interested attorneys to attend. To register and learn more, visit www.nawl.org/2015annualmeeting.
Since 1899, NAWL has brought together...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would cut funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in Fiscal Year 2016 by $75 million. The measure passed by a vote of 242-183.
The Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies (CJS) FY 2016 Appropriations bill allocates $300 million for LSC, a 20 percent reduction from...

On April 16, Inventus cosponsored Consero’s Corporate Litigation Executive Roundtable at the Wit Chicago. This intimate, CLE-certified event featured welcome remarks by Inventus’ head of sales Josh Rosenberg, Charles Beard of PwC and Mark Hentschell of Serengeti Law. Among the many topics of the day’s panel discussions were Inside-...

To support the growing number of legal operations professionals advancing law department management in sophisticated legal departments, especially among the Fortune 500, the Association of Corporate Counsel today announced its formation of a new membership sector, ACC Legal Operations. The section will partner with existing groups to advance the...

Sixth Edition revised to reflect significant legal and practical developments related to New York State nonprofit organizations
Lawyers Alliance for New York is pleased to announce the release of the newest edition of Getting Organized. Now in its sixth edition, Lawyers Alliance substantially updated this 327-page publication to reflect significant...

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) announced today the five recipients of the 2015 Employer of Choice Awards, who will be honored during the 2015 Diversity Gala on June 30th at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The honorees will be featured in MCCA’s inaugural Employer of Choice...